title: Nominally stationary high-concentration solar optics by gradient-index lenses.
abstract: It is shown how novel solutions for realistic gradient-index lenses create the possibility of nominally stationary solar photovoltaic concentrators capable of daylong averaged flux concentration levels of order 10(3).
authors.affiliation: Mechanical Engineering Department, Columbia University, 220 S.W. Mudd Building, 500 W 120th St, New York, NY 10027, USA.
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kotsidas
authors.forename: Vijay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Modi
authors.forename: Jeffrey M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gordon
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007909:Lenses; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012993:Solar Energy